Naturally, as Lee's brother and sister both left for school, my mother posited, "So, have you thought about where you might like to attend college?"
As nonchalantly as a 15-year-old can be, Lee said, "Oh yes. I will most likely be attending either College X or University Y... And for my secondary schooling I'd like to go abroad to a school in Scotland."
"You mean graduate school?," my mother asked.
"Of course," Lee replied.
Since when are we calling grad school "secondary schooling"?
Not to sound outraged, as I am more overjoyed than anything else, but my word! Maybe I'm just old. Of course, I disclaim that many of my friends are currently attending their "secondary schools" and for the few that aren't, including myself, we're just spending the few apparently required (at least at the top business schools) years in the business world before going on to get our MBAs. Still, I do know many people who are not planning on attending a graduate school of some form (quite a shame) so I was taken aback when I heard it likened to the seemingly natural progression and standard of high school.
Perhaps the NEA's slogan of "Be Cool, Stay in School" worked a little too well.
Perhaps the NEA's slogan of "Be Cool, Stay in School" worked a little too well.
